--- title: Klay Thompson Throws Paper Airplane During Press Conference description: Klay Thompson backed up his claim that he makes the best paper airplanes on the West Coast by closing a press conference by making one. canonical: https://time.com/4585201/klay-thompson-paper-airplane/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-29T21:01:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:00.819Z og:title: Watch Klay Thompson Throw a Paper Airplane for the Cameras og:description: Live your best life, Klay og:url: https://time.com/4585201/klay-thompson-paper-airplane/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb528c422e914f6a/6988aff68e0601d7114686aa/klay-thompson-paper-airplane.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Klay Thompson Throw a Paper Airplane for the Cameras twitter:description: Live your best life, Klay twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb528c422e914f6a/6988aff68e0601d7114686aa/klay-thompson-paper-airplane.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Klay Thompson Just Proved He Makes the Best Paper Airplane Ever  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 29, 2016 9:01 PM UTC  Klay Thompson #11 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 25, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) Klay Thompson #11 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 25, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)Andrew D. Bernstein—NBAE/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 29, 2016 9:01 PM UTC [Klay Thompson](http://time.com/4351509/golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-oklahoma-city-thunder/) might just upstage [Riley Curry](http://time.com/4325964/riley-curry-stephen-curry-nba-mvp/) as the [Golden State Warriors](http://time.com/4351966/golden-state-warriors-nba-city-thunder/)‘ most entertaining press conference participant. During a presser after scoring 20 in a Dubs win over the Atlanta Hawks, Thompson ended his time with the media by telling reporters that he makes an extraordinarily good paper airplane, then making good on the claim by actually making one. “You guys should get this on camera,” he said. “I make the best paper airplane on the West Coast.” Thompson then threw his paper airplane at one of the cameras in the room. This isn’t the first time that the notoriously stone-faced baller has proved himself to be the unexpected life of the post-game party; Thompson also recently made headlines when [he nonchalantly drank a beer during a press conference](https://www.instagram.com/p/BM5oU%5FMgbLL/) after the Warriors won against Toronto earlier this month. Watch Klay make his paper airplane below. > [](https://twitter.com/JanieMcCAP/status/803493560628580352) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4585201/klay-thompson-paper-airplane/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4585201/klay-thompson-paper-airplane/"},"headline":"Klay Thompson Just Proved He Makes the Best Paper Airplane Ever","datePublished":"2016-11-29T21:01:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:00.819Z","description":"Live your best life, Klay","url":"https://time.com/4585201/klay-thompson-paper-airplane/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Basketball","Sports topic","NBA","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb528c422e914f6a/6988aff68e0601d7114686aa/klay-thompson-paper-airplane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb528c422e914f6a/6988aff68e0601d7114686aa/klay-thompson-paper-airplane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers","caption":"Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers","creditText":"Andrew D. 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